Remember History Repeats: Whitewashing of American history. If students of the United States learned what actually happened in our history, we would be one of two things: terrified or open minded and know about whitewashing. Whitewashing is defined as the cover up of crimes, vice, or scandals to perfunctory investigation. The students deserve to know what really happened years ago. How come we don’t get to learn about the $5 Indians? How come history books don’t really say how bad slaves were treated and how bad they were beaten by their slave masters? White America knows what they did and what they did wrong. History classes should teach about whitewashing of American history because it would end colonialism, it could end racial inequality, and there would be no more false history. Exposing students to the real Whitewashing of American history impacts the lives of minorities and Native Americans. “Samantha Manchac is concerned about the new materials.” (lsensee 2015). History books aren’t showing the reality of things to students. History books want to hide what white people did to Africans, Native Americans and other ethnicities. “It’s an attempt to whitewash history.” (Isensee 2015). History books writers want to “soften” the past by rewriting the past by taking out important facts and details. No more false
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“$5 Indians passed their unearned benefits to heir who still lay claim to tribal citizenship.” (Landry 2017). Racial groups are defined by blood. Whitewashing has changed how white people impacted the lives of Native Americans. Stealing their land by buying documents that made them into Native Americans. “Now we have white people who can trace their names back to roles used by tribal natives.” (Landry 2017). White people wanted Native American land so bad they paid $5 to falsify documents and steal land. If White America taught us what really went down in history there would definitely be less
“$5 Indians passed their unearned benefits to heir who still lay claim to tribal citizenship.” (Landry 2017). Racial groups are defined by blood. Whitewashing has changed how white people impacted the lives of Native Americans. Stealing their land by buying documents that made them into Native Americans. “Now we have white people who can trace their names back to roles used by tribal natives.” (Landry 2017). White people wanted Native American land so bad they paid $5 to falsify documents and steal land. If White America taught us what really went down in history there would definitely be less